Due to these, the Indian pipe is called ~Ghost flower,~ ~Corpse plant,~ ~American Iceplant~ and ~Fairy-smoke.~ It also oozes a clear, gelatinous substance when picked. The plant can't be picked because its flesh turns black when cut or even bruised. He made the smoke hang over these mountains until all the people all over the world learn to live together in peace. The Great Spirit turned the old men into greyish flowers now called ~Indian Pipes~ and he made them grow where friends and relatives had quarreled. As he looked upon the old men with heads bowed, he decided to do something to remind people to smoke the pipe only at the time they make peace. This displeased the Great Spirit because people are not supposed to smoke the pipe until they make peace. They smoked the pipe and continued to quarrel for seven days and seven nights. Finally the chiefs of several tribes met in council to try to settle the dispute. The Cherokee Indians quarreled with tribes on the east. All this changed when Selfishness came into the world and man began to quarrel. The Indian pipe is a ~saprophyte~ (from the Greek, "rotten plant"), living on the decaying roots of other plants.Īccording to legend, a long time ago, before selfishness came into the world, the Cherokee people were happy sharing the hunting and fishing places with their neighbors. The Indian pipe is a member of the species called Monotropa uniflora, meaning ~once-turned~ and ~single-flowered.~ ~Once-turned~ refers to the fact that the flowers, which face the ground early in their life, turn straight upward once they begin producing seeds. This albino of the flowering plant world is related to the dogwoods, heaths. The shape of the plant resembles a clay pipe whose stem has been stuck in the earth. They are white, almost leafless plants bearing a single five-petaled flower that, when young, faces down. Indian Pipes are known as ~Ghosts of Summer's Woods.~ They have an eerie and unusual appreance and look like fungus. The early name stuck and the common name ~Sultana~ became the popular name for the plant.Ĭommon Names: ~Ghost Flower~ ~Corpse Plant~ ~American Iceplant~ ~Fairy-Smoke~ ~Eyebright~ ~Convulsion Root~ `Fit root~ ~Convulsion weed~ sultana in honor of the Sultan of Zanzibar, the name was revised to I. It was originally collected in Zanzibar in Central Africa in 1865. Native to eastern Tropical Africa, Impatiens, so named because the seed capsule erupts and expels the seeds while still green at the slightest touchĬlaude Hope, is the man responsible for its popularity. The leaves can be used as a substitute for making pickles, and added fresh to salads.Ĭommon Names: ~Sultana~ ~ Patient Lucy~ ~Busy Lizzie~ ~ Native to South Africa, Iceplant was advertised in American seed lists of 1881 as a desirable vegetable for boiling like spinach or for a garnish. The plant was not used by the early Indians. ~Cryophytum~ is Greek for ~ice~ and ~plant.~ Also when you cut open the foliage of these plants, the flesh is shiny and translucent like ice. The common name is said to have arisen because it is said that even on the hottest day, the leaves are cool to the touch.
Crystallinum refers to the many ice-like bubbles on the plant. The genus name, Mesembryanthemum, was originally named ~Mesembrianthemum~ from ~mesembria~, meaning ~mid-day,~ because the flowers opened only in the sun, but when night-blooming species were discovered, the spelling was changed so that the name indicated a flower with its fruit in the middle ( ~mesos,~meaning ~middle,~ and ~bryon,~ meaning ~fruit~). **disclaimer: If any of the images belong to you and if you want credit or want them removed please email me**
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